Stadia may refer to:
* One of the plurals of
stadium
A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...
, along with "stadiums"
* The plural of
stadion, an ancient Greek unit of distance, which equals to 600
Greek feet
The pous ( podes; grc-gre, ποῦς, ''poûs'') or Greek foot ( feet) was a Greek unit of length. It had various subdivisions whose lengths varied by place and over time. 100 podes made up one plethron, 600 podes made up a stade (the ...
(''podes'').
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Stadia (Caria), a town of ancient Caria, now in Turkey
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Stadia mark
Stadia marks, also called stadia lines or stadia hairs, are crosshairs on the reticle of a theodolite or other surveying instrument that allow stadiametric rangefinding.
Etymology
The term stadia mark derives from the obsolete unit of distance, t ...
, marks on a telescopic sight's reticle that permit stadiametric rangefinding or altitude measurements
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Stadia rod {{short description, Graduated rod used to measure differences between heights
A level staff, also called levelling rod, is a graduated wooden or aluminium rod, used with a levelling instrument to determine the difference in height between points ...
, a related surveying tool used with telescopic based survey instruments
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Stadiametric rangefinding
Stadiametric rangefinding, or the stadia method, is a technique of measuring distances with a telescopic instrument. The term stadia comes from a Greek unit of length '' Stadion'' (equal to 600 Greek feet, ''pous'') which was the typical length ...
, a way of measuring distance using a telescope and triangulation
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Helsinki Polytechnic Stadia
Helsinki Polytechnic Stadia ( fi, Helsingin ammattikorkeakoulu Stadia) was a multidisciplinary institution of higher education, at its time one of the biggest polytechnics in Finland. Helsinki Polytechnic Stadia offered students an internation ...
, a multidisciplinary institution of higher education in Finland
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Google Stadia
Stadia is a cloud gaming service developed and operated by Google. Known in development as Project Stream, the service debuted through a closed beta in October 2018, and publicly launched in November 2019. The service was to compete with Sony' ...
, a video game streaming service launched in 2019
See also
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Stadion (disambiguation)
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Stadium (disambiguation)
A stadium is a large venue for hosting and viewing sports, concerts, and other events.
Stadium may also refer to:
Art and entertainment
* ''Stadium'' (album), a 2018 album by Eli Keszler
* ''Stadium'' (film), a 1934 Italian film
* ''Stadium' ...
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